Five years later, Bill became obsessed with that beautiful treed lot on 108th and Western, and with a
little money and a lot of persuasion, convinced several investors to build him a beautiful store, which
he named County Fair.

After two years at County Fair, his partner George passed away and Bill was forced to wear two hats.

During the next several years, he bought two additional stores.

His love affair with the original store was overwhelming, and he decided to sell the other stores,
concentrate on expanding our present location, which now encompasses an entire city block, and is known
throughout Chicagoland as one of the most exciting food stores.

As Bill’s children Terri, Tom, Katie, and Chrissy graduated from college, they all contributed to our
present success.

Bill’s only son, Tom Baffes is now the President of County Fair. Bill’s son-in-law, Mike Winkler is
the General Manager.

"Tom is a great role model for the employees to emulate because he’s a great team player whose
enthusiasm rubs off on everyone around him." Bill said.